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Legal Development Partners Limited / LDP / Ashworth Law / Fortius Legal / Towers Legal / Go Legal / Beck Solicitors - 564712
Decisions
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Decision - Closure
Outcome: Intervention (Help for clients)
Outcome date: 18 December 2013
Published date: 18 December 2013
Firm details
Firm name: Legal Development Partners Limited
Trading as: Legal Development Partners Limited / LDP / Ashworth Law / Fortius Legal / Towers Legal / Go Legal / Beck Solicitors
Firm address: Legal House, Grove Park Court, Harrogate , HG1 4DP
SRA ID: 564712
Decision details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Reasons/basis
The Committee was satisfied that grounds for intervention existed under Paragraph 32(1)(d) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 because there is reason to suspect dishonesty on the part of a manager or employee of Legal Development Partners Limited namely Lucy-Ann Kirkham, Mohammed Khalid Sharjahan and Matthew Cobley. The Committee was further satisfied that grounds for intervention existed under Paragraph 32(1)(a) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 due to the failure to comply with the SRA Accounts Rules 2011, the SRA Principles 2011 and the SRA Code of Conduct 2011. Other details
The trading name Beck Solicitors, which was operated by Legal Development Partners Limited, is separate to the firm Beck Legal which is also based in Harrogate and which trades as Beck Solicitors. Beck Legal (SRA ID 596890) is in no way implicated in the intervention into Legal Development Partners. Intervening agents
Marion Vesey of Shacklocks LLP, t. Peter’s House, Bridge Street, Mansfield, NG18 1AL has been appointed as the intervening agent. For enquiries please call 01623 423073 or email marionv@shacklocks.co.uk .
Help and more information
A decision to close a practice
We can, in effect, close a practice. We call this an "intervention". An intervention is a step taken to protect clients' interests and money, in the public interest. It is a protective measure, and does not necessarily mean we have made any findings against a regulated firm or individual.
We may publish a decision to intervene into a firm or into the practice of an individual.
The main things that we do during an intervention:
Legislation gives us a range of reasons for intervention. These are known as "grounds".
We can intervene if
If you are the client of a firm that we have closed in this way, read more about interventions. You can find advice on what to do next and how to claim back money and papers that we may be holding.
Employees and trade creditors of firms that we have closed can also find guidance on what to do next. Legal professionals and experts may also be able to claim money for fees that they are owed.
.....Legal Development Partners Limited / LDP / Ashworth Law / Fortius Legal / Towers Legal / Go Legal / Beck Solicitors - 564712
Decisions
To view the decision against this firm, click the decision below.
- Closure - 18 December 2013
Decision - Closure
Outcome: Intervention (Help for clients)
Outcome date: 18 December 2013
Published date: 18 December 2013
Firm details
Firm name: Legal Development Partners Limited
Trading as: Legal Development Partners Limited / LDP / Ashworth Law / Fortius Legal / Towers Legal / Go Legal / Beck Solicitors
Firm address: Legal House, Grove Park Court, Harrogate , HG1 4DP
SRA ID: 564712
Decision details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Reasons/basis
The Committee was satisfied that grounds for intervention existed under Paragraph 32(1)(d) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 because there is reason to suspect dishonesty on the part of a manager or employee of Legal Development Partners Limited namely Lucy-Ann Kirkham, Mohammed Khalid Sharjahan and Matthew Cobley. The Committee was further satisfied that grounds for intervention existed under Paragraph 32(1)(a) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 due to the failure to comply with the SRA Accounts Rules 2011, the SRA Principles 2011 and the SRA Code of Conduct 2011. Other details
The trading name Beck Solicitors, which was operated by Legal Development Partners Limited, is separate to the firm Beck Legal which is also based in Harrogate and which trades as Beck Solicitors. Beck Legal (SRA ID 596890) is in no way implicated in the intervention into Legal Development Partners. Intervening agents
Marion Vesey of Shacklocks LLP, t. Peter’s House, Bridge Street, Mansfield, NG18 1AL has been appointed as the intervening agent. For enquiries please call 01623 423073 or email marionv@shacklocks.co.uk .
Help and more information
- What does "Intervention" mean?
- To check whether a decision remains in force, contact us.
A decision to close a practice
We can, in effect, close a practice. We call this an "intervention". An intervention is a step taken to protect clients' interests and money, in the public interest. It is a protective measure, and does not necessarily mean we have made any findings against a regulated firm or individual.
We may publish a decision to intervene into a firm or into the practice of an individual.
The main things that we do during an intervention:
- Stop the firm from operating; take possession of all documents and papers held by the firm (including clients' papers), and
- Take possession of all money held by the firm (including clients' money).
Legislation gives us a range of reasons for intervention. These are known as "grounds".
We can intervene if
- there are grounds to intervene, such as suspected dishonesty, and
- an intervention is needed to protect the public.
If you are the client of a firm that we have closed in this way, read more about interventions. You can find advice on what to do next and how to claim back money and papers that we may be holding.
Employees and trade creditors of firms that we have closed can also find guidance on what to do next. Legal professionals and experts may also be able to claim money for fees that they are owed.
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